Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 05:50:26 +1000 From: Michael Vince <mv@roq.com> To: =?UTF-8?B?U8WCYXdlayDFu2Fr?= <slawek.zak@gmail.com> Cc: Marian Hettwer <MH@kernel32.de> Subject: Re: Serial console install Message-ID: <42598382.5020509@roq.com> In-Reply-To: <787bbe1c05040705254c89fea@mail.gmail.com> References: <787bbe1c0504070307670f5e5d@mail.gmail.com> <4255182E.1020002@centtech.com> <4142.212.12.51.89.1112874483.squirrel@212.12.51.89> <42551E94.30800@centtech.com> <787bbe1c05040705254c89fea@mail.gmail.com>
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Also I would like to make aware to the discussion IPMI which I believe in Version 2 has console support, This stuff seems to be the future of serial console, I have found it frustrating that Dell sell most of their servers with only 1 serial port, I believe there excuse is IPMI. http://people.freebsd.org/~dwhite/ipmi/ http://www.intel.com/design/servers/ipmi/ http://www.freebsdsystems.com/ipmi-tech.php Cheers, Michael Sławek Żak wrote: >On Apr 7, 2005 1:50 PM, Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> wrote: > > > >>You must have missed the second link - it answers your questions >> >> >completely. You can >also build your own images with whatever setup >you'd like, and/or have that image used via >PXE install. > >So the options I have are: > >1. Boot from CDROM with keyboard plugged in, wait for the beep and >press 6 blindfolded then enter boot -h. >2. Boot from floppy and flip the diskettes until the output is >directed to the serial console. >3. Build my own PXE image. > >Doh. Lots of work. I was asking for a small and very helpful change in >the boot loader. Floppies are so 1980's. Getting my butt to the server >room and plugging the keyboard in is a little better, but still far >from the convenience of putting the CD in and forgetting the problem. > >/S >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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